2009 06 06 - IFF2009 - THE WIND BLOWS ROUND (IL VENTO FA IL SUO GIRO)

THE WIND BLOWS ROUND (IL VENTO FA IL SUO GIRO)
Screening: Saturday 6 June at 7.30pm
DIRECTOR : Giorgio Diritti
YEAR : 2005
GENRE : Drama
RATING :TBA
CAST :Thierry Toscan, Alessandra Agosti, Dario Anghilante, Giovanni Foresti.

SYNOPSIS
A small mountain village in the Occitaine Alps is gradually dying out, its income and the livelihood of its ageing population only maintained by the summer tourist season. Into this small, tight knit and conservative community comes a French shepherd, bringing his young family, his goats and his entrepreneurial skills as cheese-maker. Initially he is welcomed, if not with open arms, then at least with the sense that his arrival could reinvigorate village life. But the newcomer's experiences start to turn sour as misunderstandings multiply and the villagers begin to resent the intrusion his family and business cause to their oh so quiet lives.

2009 06 06 - IFF2009 - SKYLARK FARM (LA MASSERIA DELLE ALLODOLE)

SKYLARK FARM (LA MASSERIA DELLE ALLODOLE)
Screening: Saturday 6 June at 2.45pm
DIRECTOR : Paolo e Vittorio Taviani
YEAR : 2007
GENRE : Drama
RATING : NC16 ( Some violence)
CAST : Paz Vega, Moritz Bleibtreu, Angela Molina, Alessandro Preziosi, Mohamed Bakri, Tcheky Karyo, Mariano Rigillo, Hristo Shopov, Christo Jivkov, Ubaldo Lo Presti, Nicolo' Diana, Yvonne Scio, Arsinée Khanjian, André Dussollier

SYNOPSIS
Turkey, 1915: the Avakians are a rich Armenian family. Meanwhile, the political situation has grown more acute. Since coming to power in 1913, the government of Young Turks has made it their goal to create one vast Turkish empire; when in May Italy and France enter into an alliance against Turkey and Austria, the Young Turks order the massacre of the Armenian people. Aram and his family are discovered in their hiding place. The men are murdered and the women are forcibly deported. Their march will surely mean their death. Based on the Novel “Skylark Farm” by Antonia Arslan.